Bruce Perens writes: > Choice of venue can be a useful clause for the purpose of protecting > Free Software authors from frivolous lawsuits /against them /in venues > where it is difficult or impossible to defend themselves, but where > they could still be damaged. In general such damage would be due to > reciprocal treaties or the fact that they might someday wish to visit > a nation where a judgement exists against them.
Which nations have courts that ignore personal jurisdiction to such an extent? Are those nations known to respect choice of venue clauses in copyright-based licenses? It seems arbitrary to accept choice-of-venue clauses based on the (so far unsubstantiated) assumption that they are less likely to be ignored by courts than disclaimers of warranty. Michael Poole